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Cardiology General

High Mortality for Patients Weaned off Inotrope Therapy Not Receiving Advanced Therapies.

Jun 01, 2020

Patients with heart failure (HF) requiring advanced therapies (AT) or palliative inotropes have been well described in the literature, but less is known regarding their earlier clinical course. Patien...

Performance of Viabahn Balloon Expandable Stent (VBX) Compared to Self-Expandable Covered (SES) Stents for Branched Endovascular Aortic Repair.

Jun 01, 2020

The objective of this study is to compare the performance between Viabahn balloon-expandable stents (VBX) and self-expandable covered stents (SES) (Viabahn and Fluency) used as bridging stents for dir...

Comparative Clinical and Economic Outcomes Associated with Warfarin Versus Apixaban in the Treatment of Patients with Venous Thromboembolism in a Large U.S. Commercial Claims Database.

May 28, 2020

Venous thromboembolism (VTE), constituting deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), is a common cause of vascular-related morbidity and mortality, resulting in a significant clinical an...

Randomized Clinical Trial of Radiofrequency Induced Thermotherapy Combined with Transilluminated Powered Phlebectomy versus High Ligation and Stripping for the Treatment of Lower Limb Varicose Veins.

May 28, 2020

To evaluate the efficacy and safety of radiofrequency induced thermotherapy (RFiTT) combined with transilluminated powered phlebectomy (TIPP) in treatment of lower limb varicose veins (VVs) in compari...

Anti-Coagulant and Anti-Platelet Therapy in the COVID-19 Patient: A Best Practices Quality Initiative Across a Large Health System.

May 28, 2020

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic due to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has challenged health care systems and physicians worldwide to attempt to provide t...

Associations of Novel Dietary and Lifestyle Inflammation Scores With Incident Colorectal Cancer in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study.

May 28, 2020

Chronically higher inflammation, likely contributed to by dietary and lifestyle exposures, may increase risk for colorectal cancer (CRC). To address this, we investigated associations of novel dietary...

Platelets in Thrombo-Inflammation: Concepts, Mechanisms, and Therapeutic Strategies for Ischemic Stroke.

May 28, 2020

Platelets are anucleate cells known for their essential function in hemostasis and formation of thrombi under pathologic conditions. In recent years, strong evidence emerged demonstrating the critical...

Diagnosis and Treatment of Postthrombotic Syndrome.

May 28, 2020

After acute treatment of deep vein thrombosis, not only the risk but also associated side effects of postthrombotic syndrome (PTS) are often underestimated.There are essentially two main types of PTS....

Correlation between Galectin-3 and Adverse Outcomes in Myocardial Infarction Patients: A Meta-Analysis.

May 28, 2020

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a disease with high morbidity and mortality. Some new biomarkers can help us to improve the life quality and prognosis of AMI patients.We therefore performed a sys...

Efficacy of internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy following an acute coronary event: A randomized controlled trial.

May 28, 2020

Depression and anxiety are common among people who have experienced an acute coronary event (e.g., heart attack). Multidisciplinary cardiac rehabilitation programs often focus on reducing risk factors...

Health Decline Is Associated with Reports of No Coffee Consumption Years After Reporting Coffee Consumption Among Older Adults in Spain.

May 28, 2020

Part of the health benefits of coffee reported in observational studies might be due to health status influencing coffee intake rather than the opposite.We examined whether changes in health influence...

[Clinical feature changes of a COVID-19 patient from mild to critical condition and cardiopulmonary pathological results].

May 28, 2020

To analyse the clinical history, laboratory tests and pathological data of a patient who suffered from novel coronavirus pneumonia(COVID-19) and provide reference for the clinical treatment of simila...

Acute Improvement in Intraoperative EMG During Common Fibular Nerve Decompression in Patients with Symptomatic Diabetic Sensorimotor Peripheral Neuropathy: EMG and Clinical Attribute Interrelations.

May 28, 2020

 Electromyographic (EMG) recordings of the fibularis longus and tibialis anterior muscles were performed intraoperatively during nerve decompression (ND) of the common fibular nerve (CFN) in patient...

Validation of Postpartum Hemorrhage Admission Risk Factor Stratification in a Large Obstetrics Population.

May 28, 2020

 This study aimed to evaluate the performance of the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative (CMQCC) admission risk criteria for stratifying postpartum hemorrhage risk in a large obstetrics p...

Management of pyogenic liver abscess: a South Australian experience.

May 28, 2020

There have been declining mortality rates associated with pyogenic liver abscess (PLA) in recent decades due to improvements in percutaneous drainage techniques, access to imaging and improvements in ...

Unveiling the Role of Inflammation and Oxidative Stress on Age-Related Cardiovascular Diseases.

May 28, 2020

The global population above 60 years has been growing exponentially in the last decades, which is accompanied by an increase in the prevalence of age-related chronic diseases, highlighting cardiovascu...

Alzheimer's Disease and Cardiovascular Disease: A Particular Association.

May 28, 2020

This review is based on the material obtained via MEDLINE (PubMed), EMBASE, and Clinical Trials databases, from January 1980 until May 2019. The search term used was "Alzheimer's disease," combined wi...

Effect of Serum Netrin-1 Levels on Diagnosis and Prognosis in Patients Admitted to the Emergency Service for Acute Coronary Syndrome.

May 28, 2020

Background Netrin-1 is a recently discovered diagnostic biomarker that indicates atherosclerosis, angiogenesis, and ischemia-reperfusion damage. There are no human studies about Netrin-1 in acute coro...

Dabigatran initiation in patients with non-valvular AF and first acute ischaemic stroke: a retrospective observational study from the SITS registry.

May 28, 2020

The optimal timing for initiation of dabigatran after acute ischaemic stroke (AIS) is not established. We aimed to evaluate initiation timing and clinical outcomes of dabigatran in AIS patients with n...

Sudden Cardiac Death in Famous Athletes, Lessons Learned, Heterogeneity in Expert Recommendations and Pitfalls of Contemporary Screening Strategies.

May 28, 2020

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) in competitive athletes, though relatively uncommon, invariably leads to controversy. Specific limitations of an extensive screening process include lack of robust evidence ...